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Old 09-01-2014, 06:45 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Thermogenic plants

On 1/7/2014 3:04 PM, Frank Miles wrote:
On Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:19:20 -0800, Todd wrote:

Hi All,

Came across an interesting article on Wilipedia.
Plants that create their own heat. Some melt
though the snow:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogenic_plants

These plants would not be something you'd want to plant
in your own garden. Better to give as a gift to an
ex-wife or a relative you did not like (they smell bad):

skunk cabbage
dead-horse arum
carrion flower

:-)

-T


Thanks! I've always wondered how skunk cabbage could beat all those
other herbaceous plants through the snow layers in the spring.


Got me thinking.
Is skunk cabbage responsible for global warming?